v.
Pronunciation: ' ren-d ə r
Function: verb
Inflected Form: ren · dered ; ren · der · ing \ -d( ə -)ri ŋ \
Etymology: Middle English rendren, from Anglo-French rendre to give back, surrender, from Vulgar Latin *rendere, alteration of Latin reddere, partly from re- + dare to give & partly from re- + -dere to put ― more at DATE , DO
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 a : to melt down < render suet> also : to extract by melting < render lard> b : to treat so as to convert into industrial fats and oils or fertilizer
2 a : to transmit to another : DELIVER b : GIVE UP , YIELD c : to furnish for consideration, approval, or information: as (1) : to hand down (a legal judgment) (2) : to agree on and report (a verdict)
3 a : to give in return or retribution b (1) : GIVE BACK , RESTORE (2) : REFLECT , ECHO c : to give in acknowledgment of dependence or obligation : PAY d : to do (a service) for another
4 a (1) : to cause to be or become : MAKE <enough rainfall ⋯ to render irrigation unnecessary ― P. E. James> < render ed him helpless> (2) : IMPART b (1) : to reproduce or represent by artistic or verbal means : DEPICT (2) : to give a performance of (3) : to produce a copy or version of <the documents are render ed in the original French> (4) : to execute the motions of < render a salute> c : TRANSLATE
5 : to direct the execution of : ADMINISTER < render justice>
6 : to apply a coat of plaster or cement directly to
intransitive verb : to give recompense
– ren · der · able \ -d( ə -)r ə -b ə l \ adjective
– ren · der · er \ -d ə r- ə r \ noun